Nearly 500-years-ago, Niccolò Machiavelli understood the that the company we keep says a lot about us.

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."

Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote that "ability without honor is useless."

This smart kitty stands on her hind legs to break into a carton of treats in less than 60 seconds.

Sylvia Plath was one of the best writers of the 20th century.

“Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.” - Gore Vidal

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This is a story gleaned from Reddit. A man hears foreign languages and immediately is glad that he carries a gun. (Credit: Reddit User MultiKdizzle)